Northwest Interagency Coordination Center: 04/21/2017 NWCC Morning Brief

Date/Time Stamp: Friday, Apr 21, 2017, 08:01

Northwest Activity Summary

Continued commitment of resources to the Southern and Eastern areas with a minimal resources assigned in the Southwest. Last week, showery weather with slightly below normal temperatures and above normal precipitation. Four new fires reported over the last week. No prescribed fires reported or planned.

Preparedness Levels

Current:

Northwest	1 (1/17)
National	1 (1/17)

Northwest PL Forecast

1	1	1
3-day	10-day	30-day

Northwest Fire Activity

Weekly Summary (Apr. 14– Apr. 20)
Large Fire Summary
New large fires: 0
Large fires contained: 0
Uncontained large fires: 0 (OR: 0, WA: 0)

New Fires and Acres 4 fires for 1 acres 0 acres growth on existing large fires
OR: 2 fires for 0 acres
WA: 2 fires for 1 acres

Northwest IMT Activity
NIMOs committed: 0
Type 1 IMTs committed: 0
Type 2 IMTs committed: 0

IMSR currently published Friday only. The following information is from April 21^st.

National Fire Activity (Apr. 14 – Apr. 20)
Initial attack activity: 676 new fires
New large incidents: 13
Large fires contained: 18
Uncontained large fires: 7

National IMT Activity
Area Command Teams committed: 0
NIMOs committed: 0
Type 1 IMTs committed: 1
Type 2 IMTs committed: 1

Northwest Current Incident Details

Incidents not Previously Reported: 0

Incidents Previously Reported: 0

Northwest Prescribed Fire Information:

Oregon Department of Forestry Burning & Smoke Management: http://www.oregon.gov/ODF/Fire/Pages/Burn.aspx. Snapshot Viewer (for MS Access) is required.
Washington DNR Daily Smoke Management Approvals for Large Burn Silvicultural Prescribed Fires: https://fortress.wa.gov/dnr/protection/BurnRequests

Northwest Fires Utilizing Monitor, Confine, Point Zone Protection Suppression Strategies (YTD) (link)

Lists fires (of any size) that singly utilize Monitor, Confine or Point Zone Protection suppression strategies, or use Multiple Suppression Strategies (which may also include a Full Suppression component).

Northwest Fire Potential Summary

A rare warm and dry day Friday followed by increasing clouds and some showery weather on Saturday. A cool, breezy and showery weather pattern will develop on Sunday and persist through much of next week with Southwest Oregon being downright wet. Significant fire potential remains low.

More info, see NW 7-Day Significant Fire Potential Forecast, and National 7-Day Significant Fire Potential Forecast

National Incident Management Situation Report (IMSR): https://www.nifc.gov/nicc/sitreprt.pdf

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